In Chuo Ward, one building after another, Masayoshi Kishimoto stood alone at the entrance with a cantaloupe bought from a Roppongi high-end fruit store and took off his shoes.

The person he specially visited today was none other than the current president of Pachinko's line. The other party is an amazing big shot.

Since it sat up, it hadn't moved in decades. Although he is very rich, he has maintained an inconspicuous lifestyle like an ordinary person for a long time.

After Masayoshi Kishimoto handed over the gift to the president's wife, she personally led her up to the second floor and walked into the study around the corner to meet him.

His first impression of President Pachinko was that he didn't look anything special, and he was a dry old man with a little hunched back.

With the gift of a junior, Masayoshi Kishimoto stopped and bowed forty-five degrees to the seniors, and took the initiative to introduce himself: "President, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”

"Come and sit. The president looked at him a little.

Kishimoto walked over to the chair next to him and was able to sit down. He had made an appointment with the other party in advance for this visit.

"Still reading?" asked the president lightly.

"Look. No matter how busy I am every day, I will squeeze in half an hour to read a book. Although Kishimoto is quoting Li Ka-shing's original words, he is indeed the same.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw a room full of books, and it was not difficult to see that the other party was a person he liked. It's okay to cater to each other with small skills.

However, the best thing to do is to be honest. A man like President Pachinko, who has read countless people, is well-informed, and has experienced the wind and waves, on the surface, he is quiet, as if he has no quarrel with the world, and even looks a little cowardly, but in fact, he is extremely powerful and skillful.

Wise as foolish is the one who says so. Pachinko is an industry that has been formed in the gray area of society. The other party can sit in the highest position in the industry, not only because of strong financial resources, but also because of the extremely extensive network of contacts.

Whether it's the white way, the underworld, or other ways, those bigwigs still have to give it a little bit of thin face more or less. The other party is more powerful than Ginza's No. 1 mother, San.

He is enough to influence the general election in Japan, after all, the value created by the pachinko industry is 4% of the country's GDP.

In addition, a lot of the government's tax revenue has to come from this. There are not only politicians in society, but all kinds of people want to see him.

"What books have you been reading lately?" Even if the president knew that the other party was prepared to come to talk to him about business, he was not in a hurry. In his view, the best way to understand a person is to look at the minutiae.

"I've just finished reading Our Children by Robert Putnam, the most prominent political scientist of America's time and former president of the American Political Science Association.

The core of the whole book is that in a society with rigid classes, why is it difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son? Although he is talking about the United States, it is also of great significance for Japan.

Over the past half-century, the class divide has widened. The all-encompassing gap that poor children and rich children experience growing up.

Upper-middle-class parents have more time to spend with their children, provide guidance, and provide resources, while children from poor families are not only financially poor, but also more likely to live in broken and incomplete families, growing up without the love of both parents or growing up in an intergenerational environment.

A recurring image throughout the book, the scissors gap between the rich and poor classes. It is clearly reflected in the family structure, the way parents are educated, the school education, and the neighborhood community.

In this era of unequal birth, it is unjust to talk only about equal opportunities! When the children of poor families realize that no matter how hard they try, it is in vain, the American dream is shattered. Kishimoto said seriously.

"After reading this book, is there any way to get the poor out of poverty and become rich?" asked the president lukewarmly.

"In theory, there is, but in practice there are almost none. If you come from a poor family, the least feasible and the best way to do this is God-given gifts.

As for the method of operability, it is not that there are none, but that they cannot do the following three things. First, take good contraceptive measures. Children of the poor, especially girls, often have their first pregnancies in middle and high school.

The United States is a Puritan country, and many states prohibit abortion. As a result, many girls gave birth to their children directly.

From the moment she made this decision, it also ruined her future development, after all, she would be firmly bound by the embarrassment of her children and the economy.

Second, stay away from self-anesthesia and indulgence from drugs and alcohol. Life is hard, but you can't use it as an escape from reality.

As long as it starts out, it will only sink deeper and deeper in the future. Not only will they be unable to extricate themselves, but they will eventually lead to destruction and end their lives early. The longer people live, the more they earn.

Third, try to master a skill and strive to find a full-time job. Love life, love work, love family.

Even so, they can't do it ordinarily. I can't help but think of you, President, when you were a child, you were able to sit in the same classroom with the rich children and read and study together.

Now, there is no such possibility. From kindergarten onwards, there is a deliberate class distinction.

Children from upper-middle-class backgrounds attend private schools, while lower-middle-class children are only able to attend public schools. In Japan, if you want to get a good job and a good income, you often need to have a diploma from a prestigious university.

The problem is that the admission bias of prestigious universities is not only high, but also expensive. Under the conditions of poor education quality and poor environment, children from poor families cannot enter any cram schools, and it is almost an impossible task to be admitted to prestigious universities.

Even if you get in, you will have to worry about expensive tuition. Even if you can take out a loan, it will have a negative impact on your future for a long time, after all, you will need to make a certain amount of monthly repayments.

Moreover, a prestigious university does not mean that it is 100% able to achieve a class jump. If the investment fails, it is very possible that the whole person will collapse completely. Kishimoto said eloquently.

"Not bad. Outsiders look at us as pachinko people, either uneducated or mercenary. Only those of us in the circle understand that in fact, some of us still have a heart that cares about society.

Now, although you don't work in this industry anymore, you used to be a person in our industry, which means that you will be in this business for the rest of your life. Since you are an insider in our circle, it is only natural that you should help each other and love each other. The President agreed.